[geeks] Wooden cases/keyboards/mice

[Koyote]

Lionel Peterson <lionel4287 at yahoo.com> writes:

> --- Koyote <koyote at koyote.cx> wrote:
> > Lionel Peterson <lionel4287 at yahoo.com> writes:
> 
> > > Better to make a nice desk and shove the beige box in to it, than
> > > to "veneer" a mahogony skin on a beige box...
> > 
> > 
> > granted that the inside is metal, but it hardly looks like veneer on
> > a beige outercase. And the mice and keyboards are specifically not
> > veneer.
> 
> Point taken on the mice/keyboards, but...
> 
> I have to wonder about your definition of veneer:
> 
> 1. A thin surface layer, as of finely grained wood, glued to a base of
> inferior material. 
> 2. Any of the thin layers glued together to make plywood. 
> 3. A decorative facing, as of brick. 
> 4. A deceptive, superficial show; a fagade: a veneer of friendliness. 
> 
> That seems to cover the wrapping of a metal case with wood, no matter
> how thick the wrap is, or how high te quality of the wood. (the above
> were taken from http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=veneer )



As you wish. I tend to think of veneer as being too thin to provide
structural benefit, which the case wood isn't. (though I think I might
like to see an all wood case) 

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